Artemisofephesus
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Dear all,
Gosh, it's been a while since I've been on this forum!
I walked the Camino in winter 2009. I started developing pain in the soles of my feet (and everywhere else, while I was walking) about halfway into my pilgrimage, but because I was a driven seventeen-year-old, my headspace didn't really allow me to take a break. So I kept going, because everyone has aching feet, right?
Four years later and I am still having pain issues. My feet feel like they're walking on a sharp bitumen road in the peak of summer when I put pressure on them. I can walk for about ten minutes before the pain sets in, stand in one spot for five. Even resting my feet (soles down) on my bed with me knees pulled up sets them off.
I've seen various podiatrists and tried a bunch of orthotics. I don't think I have plantar fasciitis, as I really don't fit the symptoms and none of the orthotics have helped. The more my feet are boxed in, the more they hurt - sandals are the best, runners/joggers are the worst. A pain physician I'm seeing at the moment for other issues has said I might have stress fractures that have never healed and said that a weight-bearing CT or bone scan might help determine if this is the case.
Has anyone had similar issues, post-camino? Do you have any ideas for what else might be going on? I am pretty certain these issues started with the camino, as I never had problems before and well, it kind of makes sense, right?
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
Jo x
Gosh, it's been a while since I've been on this forum!
I walked the Camino in winter 2009. I started developing pain in the soles of my feet (and everywhere else, while I was walking) about halfway into my pilgrimage, but because I was a driven seventeen-year-old, my headspace didn't really allow me to take a break. So I kept going, because everyone has aching feet, right?
Four years later and I am still having pain issues. My feet feel like they're walking on a sharp bitumen road in the peak of summer when I put pressure on them. I can walk for about ten minutes before the pain sets in, stand in one spot for five. Even resting my feet (soles down) on my bed with me knees pulled up sets them off.
I've seen various podiatrists and tried a bunch of orthotics. I don't think I have plantar fasciitis, as I really don't fit the symptoms and none of the orthotics have helped. The more my feet are boxed in, the more they hurt - sandals are the best, runners/joggers are the worst. A pain physician I'm seeing at the moment for other issues has said I might have stress fractures that have never healed and said that a weight-bearing CT or bone scan might help determine if this is the case.
Has anyone had similar issues, post-camino? Do you have any ideas for what else might be going on? I am pretty certain these issues started with the camino, as I never had problems before and well, it kind of makes sense, right?
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
Jo x